Articles by Adam Frey

About Adam Frey (372 Articles)

Adam Frey is still trying to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up. In the meantime, he's an attorney and moonlights as an Emergency Medical Technician in Maryland. A comic reader for over 30 years, he's gradually introducing his daughter to the hobby, much to the chagrin of his wife and their bank account.

DC Comics, Weirdly, Is Ignoring The Lego Batman Movie

January 27, 2017 // 1 Comment

There’s a good chance that the best DC Comics movie of 2017 is the one coming out in a few weeks. DC hasn’t had a great post-Christopher Nolan track record, [...]

The Kamandi Challenge Reminds Us That Superheroes Can Be Art for Art’s Sake

January 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Writers: Dan Didio, Keith Giffen, Dan Abnett Artists: Keith Giffen, Scott Koblish, Dale Eaglesham $4.99 DC Comics The old film company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer famously used the [...]

Star Wars Rebels S3E15: “Trials of the Darksaber”

January 21, 2017 // 1 Comment

This week’s episode of Star Wars Rebels felt surprisingly “right” in spite of the fact that it’s dipping back into an old Clone Wars plotline about [...]

DC Rebirth Roundup for January 18, 2017

January 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Oh, gosh, this is actually a pretty level week where most of the books were pretty good and none of them were so poor as to get a scolding. Aquaman #15 (Abnett/Briones): The [...]

Star Wars Rebels S3E14: “Warhead”

January 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

Now, that’s more like it. Earlier this week and in my last few reviews, I’ve been complaining that Rebels is getting too caught up in the Star Wars saga and not [...]

Star Wars Rebels Needs to Start Telling Its Own Story, Dammit

January 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

Star Wars Rebels has a problem, one that was severely magnified in the last two months. It’s a cute little show, entertaining in its own right, and it fills in that [...]

Star Wars Rebels E12-13: “Ghosts of Geonosis”

January 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

I’ve complained with past episodes that Star Wars Rebels has made itself an inherently “low threat” show, in that it’s very difficult to have [...]

Movie Review: Silence

January 5, 2017 // 1 Comment

I was going to joke that the plot of Silence is “Spider-Man and Kylo Ren try to rescue Qui-Gon Jinn,” but the joke fell flat after actually seeing the [...]

Superman #14 Returns to the Familiar Multiverse Without Copying Morrison

January 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

Writers: Peter Tomasi & Patrick Gleason Artist: Ivan Reis Inks: Joe Prado $2.99 DC Comics We’re still waiting for the long-term ramifications of Grant [...]

Review Brew: Beowulf

December 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

Writer: Santiago Garcia Artist: David Rubin $29.99 Image Comics There’s something to be said for going big or going home, and that’s what Santiago Garcia and [...]